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If Hillary Clinton doesn't run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 — and there's one chance in five of that — the party could have a nervous breakdown. On the national level, the Democratic bench is weaker, or more overshadowed, than at any time in the past several decades. There are several reasons. The election disaster in 2010 wiped out many possibilities, especially at the gubernatorial level. More important, with two heavyweight camps President Barack Obama and the Clintons there is no political oxygen for anyone else. Suppose, for example, that upon taking over as secretary of state, Clinton had declared that she wouldn't run for elective...

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If Hillary Clinton doesn't run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 — and there's one chance in five of that — the party could have a nervous breakdown.On the national level, the Democratic bench is weaker, or more overshadowed, than at...

You can't start a new year without considering the good and bad of the previous year. Hopefully you're not burned out on "top 10" or "best of" lists by now, because this is one you should read. Consumeraffairs.com recently compiled ...

University of California admissions officers are sifting through a record number of applications, but they have no idea how many new students they can enroll. The uncertainty stems from the very public clash between university President Janet Napolitano...

California's first-in-the-nation statewide ban on plastic shopping bags was put on hold Tuesday when state election officials confirmed a trade group had turned in enough signatures to place the issue before voters in 2016. The American Progressive Bag...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. A California lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow the most populous U.S. state to establish an embassy in Washington. The bill, introduced by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Nora Campos, a Democrat from San Jose, would allow...

Former Mexican Mafia leader Rene "Boxer" Enriquez has helped law enforcement for years, hasn't been disciplined in a decade and had support for his parole request from federal and state agencies and the corrections system itself. That wasn't...

SAN JOSE, Calif. Saying he had "no illusions of what's in store," California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced he was opening a campaign committee to run for governor in 2018. "I've never been a fan of pretense or...

In the 1970s, the environmental movement had no bigger political hero than California Gov. Jerry Brown. He cracked down on polluters, ended tax breaks for oil companies and promoted solar energy. Forty years later, in his second go-around as governor,...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Two state senators said Wednesday they will introduce legislation to eliminate a controversial "personal belief exemption" that allows California parents to refuse to vaccinate their children. "We shouldn't wait for...

December's rains enabled Californians to finally meet Gov. Jerry Brown's call for a 20 percent reduction in monthly water consumption, but more restrictions loom as the state adapts to long-term drought conditions. California is by no means out of...

California's permissive vaccine law is under fire as the state struggles to contain an expanding outbreak of measles, a once-controlled infectious disease that has sickened more than 90 people across the state and threatens many more. While state...

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday fulfilled a promise by signing a measure that will phase out single-use plastic bags from checkout stands at California supermarkets, convenience stores, liquor stores and pharmacies.
California is the first state in the...

As furniture makers move to phase out toxic, ineffective flame retardants, the chemical industry is waging an aggressive last-ditch campaign to preserve a lucrative market that reaches into virtually every American home.
One of the world's leading...

At least nine people died Thursday after a bus carrying Los Angeles-area high school students planning to tour Humboldt State was struck head-on by a FedEx truck on Interstate 5 in Northern California, causing a fire that badly burned both vehicles.
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ORLAND, Calif. -- Hours after a deadly head-on collision here claimed the lives of at least nine people and injured dozens more, skid marks from the charter bus carrying L.A.-area high school students extended nearly 100 yards down the pavement.
The hulk...

Fast-food workers around the world rallied for a higher minimum wage Thursday in what organizers called the largest protest of its kind.
The movement, which began as a single walkout in New York in 2012 before spreading across the U.S. last year, sparked...

During the pregame show before February's Super Bowl in New Orleans, Deion Sanders shared his thoughts about the thousands of former football players filing concussion lawsuits against the National Football League.
"The game is a safe game,"...

The Rim fire, which continues to scorch the Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite National Park, is now 15% contained, officials reported Monday.
The fire, which according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has burned 149,780...

Firefighters gained ground Monday on the Rim fire raging in and around Yosemite National Park as it grew to the size of Chicago, charring nearly 150,000 acres.
As it continued to push up from the southwest, firefighters got a slight reprieve from...

The Rim fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park grew overnight, with smoke causing air quality issues inside the park.
The fire burned an additional 8,000 acres over the last day and has now consumed 231,000 acres. It's 60% contained.
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